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Chinese Activist Held in Bangkok Finds Canada Refuge

Zhang Xinyan says she will keep advocating against Chinese repression after a $36,000 bounty and a three-month detention in Thailand.

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Beijing has long sought to clamp down on dissidents overseas, and campaigners accuse authorities in the Southeast Asian country -- where several notable activists have moved over the years -- of complicity in China's efforts. Zhang, 55, told AFP that while she was being held, "every day, what scared me the most was that I could be deported at any time". Once a teacher in Shenzhen, Zhang said she fled to Thailand in 2014 after the school principa…

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The Globe & Mail broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Friday, August 7, 2026.
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